If you read Fox News then you’ve probably seen this story this morning about a teenage boy who lept to his death 3 stories up in an apartment building after jeering from the crowd coaxed him into finally “pulling the trigger.”  As this kid hesitated for three hours on the ledge while police unsuccessfully tried to reason him out of taking his life, teenagers who had gathered below shouted “Jump” and “Get on with it,” according to police and witnesses.  After this they took pictures of the body and undoubtedly posted them to the blogosphere.

I am sure many people read this story and think “‘who are these people’ and ‘what is going on in this world??’”  Right?  You may think I’m an asshole for saying this but good riddance.  Use those Police/Fire/EMS resources for someone who wants to live—someone who didn’t have a choice.  Some people found it sickening that the same teens surrounding the police cordon not only encouraged the event but then rushed in afterward and snapped pictures.  Hey…you know what, that’s a byproduct of being an idiot.  You get pictures taken of you because you’re a circus act. In my opinion, anyone who wants to commit suicide is not balanced right in the head and they are then a liability to others around them and that is not fair.  Of course I encourage getting them help out of their situation, but if they’re already on a ledge 3 stories up… too late.  Let them do what they wanna do.  How about this: IGNORE THEM.  It’s called survival of the fittest…. you may have heard of it?

In closing I’d like to mention that this individual isn’t really ending anything.  He’ll be reborn and have to learn the same lesson over and over again until he gets it right.  So for him he’s really only making it harder on himself in the end.  Once he learns to deal with it, he can move on.